The book 21st century blackjack is published some time ago. Have you make any change to the system due to your contiue experimentation and observation? For example the 4 consecutive lost quit point, can it be change to certain units of loss bets per shoe? Just a suggestion.

jackktan: I'm glad to learn that I still have a fan!! Re. your question, everything remains about the same. I play the system at least once a week on local gambling boats, and continue to make a reasonable profit.I personally "fiddle around" with the quit point, though. I often play two hands at the same time, and might stay at the same table even though one of the hands loses four consecutive times. The other thing I do is jump up the initial bet in the progression if I'm well ahead in the session... in other words, if I'm making lots of money I'll step up a $20 to 50 progression to a $50 to 125 progression, and occasionally to a $100 to 250 progression... I'll back down if cards don't continue to go my way.Best of luck!Walter

I've had no "field reports" on these two games, but I wouldn't encourage anyone to use my system for these games. In fact, I wouldn't encourage anyone to PLAY these games.... house edge on baccarat is twice that of blackjack, and house edge on roulette to ten times that of blackjack.

I've had no "field reports" on these two games, but I wouldn't encourage anyone to use my system for these games. In fact, I wouldn't encourage anyone to PLAY these games.... house edge on baccarat is twice that of blackjack, and house edge on roulette to ten times that of blackjack.

There's a saying about roulette: Save yourself time and trouble and just write the casino a check.

Thanks. Actually the diffference between backjack in baccarat in my area is not that big only about 0.3%. The rule of 6 deck hit soft 17 is about 0.7% house edge versus 1% in baccarat.

It is a lazy man game, no decision and hence no mistake to made. But I probably don't think it is a good idea to use progression in Baccarat. In my experence it is rare to have more than 3 consecutive win/loss. It is usually better to just bet the opposite of last hand in my opinion.

jackktan: Good question! Unfortunately, I've yet to find a way to spot a "choppy" table... one where you alternate wins and losses, or win one hand, lose two hands, win two hands then lose both double-down or split bets on the next hand, etc. My best suggestion is to do what I do -- simply leave the table and try to find one where this pattern isn't occurring. My gambling session Thursday night was a classic example of the W/L/W/L problem. I played for almost four hours, made 8 or 9 table changes, never won more than four consecutive hands, and never had a winning shoe... OUCH!Bad cards happen, and no betting system will show a profit if you're losing 70% or more of the hands -- not even card counting, in my opinion.